Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-28), Gibraltar Industries's Beta is 1.26.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Gibraltar Industries's Beta
For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Gibraltar Industries's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Gibraltar Industries's Beta Distribution in the Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Gibraltar Industries's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Gibraltar Industries's Beta falls into.
Gibraltar Industries Beta Calculation
Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.
Gibraltar Industries (NAS:ROCK) Beta Explanation
Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.
Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)
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Gibraltar Industries (Gibraltar Industries) Business Description
Gibraltar Industries Inc is a manufacturer and provider of products and services for the Renewable energy, Residential, Agtech and Infrastructure markets. Renewables Segment is engaged in the design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of solar racking and electrical balance of systems. Agtech Segment provides growing and processing solutions including the designing, engineering, manufacturing, full-scope construction, maintenance and support of greenhouses and indoor growing operations, and botanical extraction systems. It derives key revenue from the Residential segment which offers roof and foundation ventilation products, single point and centralized mail systems and electronic package solutions and Retractable awnings and gutter guards, among other products.
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